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Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Lighting
| Posted: November 18, 2011 at 8:09 am; By: Editor |
From the website (http://www.rockefellercenter.com/events/2011/11/30/2011-rockefeller-center-christmas-tree-lighting/) which also has a clear map of the event:
The 2011 Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree will be lit for the first time on Wednesday, November 30, 2011 with live and taped performances from 7 P.M. – 9 P.M., at Rockefeller Plaza, between West 48th & West 51st Streets and 5th and 6th Avenues, Manhattan.
The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree is a world-wide symbol of the holidays in New York City. The tree, traditionally a Norway Spruce, is illuminated by 30,000 environmentally friendly LED lights on five miles of wire, and crowned by a Swarovski crystal star. Tens of thousands crowd the sidewalks for the event and hundreds of millions watch the Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony broadcast live across the globe.
Macy's Thanksgiving Parade
| Posted: November 16, 2011 at 6:49 am; By: Editor |
Macy's Thanksgiving Parade is right around the corner, and we're looking forward to heading to The Museum of Natural History the evening before with a hot thermos of cocoa to see the balloons being inflated. Here come the holidays.
Shakespeare's MacBeth in Riverbank State Park
| Posted: August 11, 2010 at 4:25 am; By: Editor |
The Pulse Ensemble Theater will be performing Shakespeare's Macbeth from August 12th through the 28th on Wednesday through Sundays at 7:30pm in the Riverbank State Park outdoor amphitheater.
Travel directions: #1 subway to 145th Street & Broadway, walk one block east to Riverside Drive and straight into the Park. Walk in direction of the river; Arts Building is on your left. Or ride M11 Bus (until 7 PM) or BX 19 directly into Riverbank State Park.
General seating; running time 1:45 (no intermission). Admission is free and you can find more information about the company on their website or by phone at 212-695-1596.
A description of the production from the company:
Wednesday shows have been added for the culminating event of Pulse Ensemble Theatre's twentieth season, its production of "Macbeth," directed by Alexa Kelly, at Riverbank State Park August 12-28. The innovative adaptation sets the Scottish Tragedy in a conflict zone of the 21st century, in an occupied Islamic country not unlike Afghanistan, where Macbeth is a power hungry U.S. Army officer, Duncan is a warlord and the Witches are local war widows. The tension mounts until Macbeth and Lady Macbeth are brought down by their own greed, guilt and fear. The schedule is now Wednesdays through Sundays at 7:30 PM for all performances.
American Premiere of "The Dybbuk" by Julia Pascal Opens on Aug. 10th
| Posted: July 18, 2010 at 10:22 pm; By: Editor |
The American premiere of "The Dybbuk" by Julia Pascal opens on August 10th at the Johnson Theater. A description of the production from the show's web page:
The Dybbuk is a modern play inspired by Solomon Anski’s great Yiddish classic. Pascal’s Dybbuk starts in Germany where Judith, a British atheist Jew, looks at today’s Germany and feels that Hitler has won. Judith is haunted by thoughts of her lost family and this leads her in to a dream world haunted by ghosts - or dybbuks.
She imagines a ghetto somewhere in Eastern Europe where five non-religious Jews live their final day before transportation to Auschwitz. In this ghetto, the five Jews argue, discuss cabbala, love, sex and death, relate fragments of their lives, play out half remembered scenes from the myth of The Dybbuk (which inspired Anski) and dream of full bellies.
The actual Dybbuk myth is encapsulated in a play world which the Jews walk in and out of, where finally the possession of the young girl’s body by the spirit of her dead lover, is evoked in a four minute Expressionist dance.
The show is 90 minutes long, tickets are $15, and is part of the Dream Up Festival. The following is a schedule of performances:
- Tuesday, August 10 at 7:00 PM
- Thursday, August 12 at 7:00 PM
- Saturday, August 14 at 2:00 PM
- Monday, August 16 at 7:00 PM
- Tuesday, August 17 at 7:00 PM
- Thursday, August 19 at 7:00 PM
- Saturday, August 21 at 2:00 PM
- Monday, August 23 at 7:00 PM
- Tuesday, August 24 at 7:00 PM
- Wednesday, August 25 at 7:00 PM
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